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EarOfNewt.com is a website that old-school Vancouver rock journalist and scary movie reviewer Steve Newton–the guy on the left, who isn’t Buddy–will use to showcase his work from the last 35+ years, and maybe even the present.

Hey Newt …
Greetings from Thunder Bay. I stumbled across this site and boy I’m glad I did .
What a fantastic bunch o reads here! You my friend are a walking review machine. Love the write ups!
You basically have touched on all my favourite acts and I’m even a Gary Moore fan as Run For Cover and We want Moore being my two faves of his!
Great stuff and your bookmarked on my ipad!

Continued success……
By the way what’s Downies beef with u?
Don’t matter I gave up on em after a Day For Night!

Thanks a lot Deker! I dunno. Downie just never wanted to do an interview after the cover story I did on the Hip. You can read more about this important topic in the “do you do any covers?” section if you want. I’m just happy to meet another Gary Moore freak! Thanks for reading!

Love this site and all your posts, Newt! We are in Vancouver—-a blues-punk-rock band, just coming off a summer tour of the US & Canada. Love to have you out at our homecoming show/album release. Red Room, next Sat Sept 6—-I’ll give you tix! http://www.marrymemusic.ca Cheers, Natalee

Greetings from Fort William ON !!
I totally stumbled onto your site while on a Google search about AC/DC & Eric Clapton. Seeing your site twice in the profile results convinced me to take a look at your site and am I ever happy I did! It’s great to read your informed accounts about many of the hard rock/metal acts I enjoy! You my good sir are truly talented!! Thanks again for the great work!

Greetings from Montréal! I’m brand new to your world and I’m having a ball exploring all of your published memories. Thanks for finding me on FB and I hope we have a chance to share a few adventures to add to the archives.

Yo dude ! That Raven Dan Armstrong Plexi copy retrofitted with an aluminum sheet pickguard was playable at the time (~1982 ?) with a Super Slinky string set on, sounded bright and loud through a Pro Reverb. Put a Tune-o-matic Gibby bridge on it, new tuning heads, a bone nut and rock away. Guitars are meant to be played, not seen.